Caregiver Corner: Mealtime
Regular nutritious meals may become a challenge for people with dementia. They may become overwhelmed with too many food choices, forget to eat, think they have already eaten, or have difficulty with utensils.
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My Life As A Caregiver
By Dawn Haskin If you don’t know anyone with Alzheimer’s disease it will not be long before you do. An estimated 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease and another 14.9 million people act as...
Bruce Bochy tapes a PSA for us at ATT Park
I am often reminded of how rewarding my work is, but every now and then my job calls on me to do something that is just plain fun and yesterday was that day. We...
Coming soon: Alzheimer’s listening session in San Francisco 8/10
You may have noticed the recent news about a new therapy for advanced melanoma. Good news. Listening to an interview with one of the scientists involved, he commented, “this is the payoff of decades...
Gov Brown Signs CA Budget – What does this mean for Alzheimer’s services?
Have you noticed that so many times during the day, something makes you think of Alzheimer’s? It happens to me, too, and three occasions immediately come to mind. Driving a few days ago and...
John’s summer project: learn to nurture a garden
The tomatoes are in. So are green beans, eggplant, lettuce, peppers, squash, herbs, strawberries and radishes. This experiment of getting John engaged in new activities started with a few tomato plants, but it has...
Part 3: News/notes from Alzheimer’s Association Researchers’ Symposium at Stanford
The last group of presenters at the Alzheimer’s Association Researchers’ Symposium focused on research about imaging and biomarkers. ...
Part 2: News/notes from Alzheimer’s Association Researchers’ Symposium at Stanford
Before breaking for lunch, the room full of 150 Alzheimer’s researchers and scientists heard from a group of presenters about the latest in clinical and translational neuroscience. Presenters included Dr. Lea Grinberg from UCSF,...
